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Otherwise, it’s been pretty smooth sailing. I’m a general assignment reporter, writing just under four stories a week. Many of them have been soft stories, so I’ve tried to sharpen my writing and work on my ability to describe people and situations in detail. I think I’m getting better, though it’s still a story-by-story debate with my editors, who often want to chop my longer sentences in two—sentences I use to try and tell stories more fluidly...
...been at Atlantic, with many personnel permutations, from its inception as a support staff for singer Clyde McPhatter in 1953. Since 1958, when the remnants of the original quintet were replaced by King?s group, the Five Crowns, their songs had been produced by Leiber and Stoller, in a smooth Latinate ballady groove that was new to both the Drifters (who had specialized in R&B) and their producers (who had made their rep with funky, catarrhal blues records...
...deadly disease. It is not to be taken lightly." It sounds like good, responsible advice - until you consider the effects of a warning like that on the psychology of anorexia. People, especially young women, suffering from anorexia tend to be perfectionists dead set on gaining approval. They want to smooth down all the rough edges, make sure everyone (except themselves) is happy, be exactly the kind of person everyone expects them to be. It?s a very tough mindset to maintain, and you can only do it if you?re willing to suffer (which anorexics are only too happy...
...This smooth takeoff and ascent could be followed by turbulence. Orbitz is stirring up a storm by cutting deals it makes sure no one can beat. "Anticompetitive!" its rivals are screaming, and somebody is listening. Two dozen state attorneys general have voiced concerns that the site may engage in price fixing, stifle competition and put others out of business. The Department of Justice is investigating...
...Daytons on Capitol Hill - bright, ambitious young people who go to Washington to do good and stay to do well. As Gary Condit's top man in Washington, Dayton is known more for his managerial skills than his legislative acumen. At 31, he also has a reputation as a smooth player. "Staffs come to resemble their members," says a senior congressional aide. "Condit's office had a kind of Steve McQueen cool. They were Blue Dogs" - members of the Conservative Democratic Coalition - "and on top of the world in a closely divided House. They had a kind of swagger...